Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Details

Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire Tablet Revealed [Updated]

Amazon unveiled the Kindle Fire tablet this morning in NYC. Said to be coming with a low price tag of $199, this seven-inch tablet will run a custom version of Android and come packed with WiFi connectivity, but will be released without a camera, microphone, or 3G access.

Additionally, the Kindle Fire will come stocked with a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, the $79 membership that offers free two-day shipping and free movie and video streaming.

Update: Jeff Bezos has officially announced the Kindle Fire himself and has revealed more details:

14.6 ounces

Dual-core processor

Free Amazon Cloud storage

Whispersync includes books, movies, TV shows, songs

Gorilla Glass display

New Silk browser that is split between running in the cloud and running on the device (more on this later)

Amazon Prime members will get unlimited streaming access to music and videos through their membership

8GB of on-board storage, which will hold up to 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books, with unlimited backup in Amazon's cloud storage.